MM32110 - COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

Module Identifier

MM32110

Module Title

COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

Academic Year

2003/2004

Co-ordinator

Dr Jack Eaton

Semester

Semester 1

Pre-Requisite

MM32010

Course delivery

Lecture

14 Hours

Seminars / Tutorials

4 Hours

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	1.5 Hours	66%
Semester Assessment		34%
Supplementary Exam	1.5 Hours	66%
Supplementary Assessment	1 piece of coursework	33%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

To develop group working by allocating topics at an early stage so that groups of students may work on them togehter.

To encourage participation by menas of beginning a themaytic debate about whether industrial relations has been radically

To develop a critical appreciation of the costs and advantages of globalisation and the power of the transnational company.

Aims

This module builds on the foundations established by module MM32010 by extending the discussion and inquiry to international level. This is done by way of a genuinely comparative analysis ie rather than country-by country studies, a programme of industrial relations topics and themes, in each of which comparisons of national practices and policies may be made. The module also encourages and develops an interest in the employment management problems and practices of managers in other countries in order to better understand similar issues in the UK and also to consider whether such practices could be transplanted into management in the UK. The module is designed to be more accessible to the growing numbers of overseas students of Business and Economics and to be open to their suggestions for further development.

Reading Lists

Books
J Eaton Comparative Employment Relations Polity/Blackwell
G Bamber and R Lansbury International and Comparative Industrial Relations Routledge
J van Ruysseveldt, R Huiskamp and J van Hoof Comparative Industrial and Employment Relations SAGE
P Leisink (ed) Globalisation and Labor Relations SAGE

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6